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Great Expectations

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Great Expectations - Elbow
And if it Em7rains all day
Call on you I'll call on Dm7you
Like I Cused to
Slide down beEm7side and wrap you in stories
Tailored entirely for Dm7you
I'll reCmind you
We exchanged a Em7vow
I love you I always DmwillC  Em  Dm  Em  D/F#  G/C  
  D     EmA G/Ccall girl with yesterday eyes was our witness and DprEmiest
G/CStockport supporters club kindly supplied us a Dchoir
EmYour G/Cvow was your smile
As we move down the isle
Of the Dlast Embus Amhome
And this is where I’ll Bmgo
Just when it EmrainsDm  C  
EmBlinking and stoned
Rain in your hair
DmYou only smoke ‘cause it's Csomething to share
Singing Embring on the night
To have and to hold
The Dmsodium light turning Emsilver to D/F#goldG/C  
  D     Em  G/CSpitfire thin and strung like a violin
DI Emwas
G/CYours was the face with a grace
From a different DagEme
G/CYou were the sun in my Sunday morning
DYou were the Emsun in my G/CSunday morning
Telling me never to Dgo
EmSo I'll G/Clive on the smile
And move down the isle
Of the Dlast Embus Amhome
And if you're running Bmlate
This is where I'll Amgo
Know I'll always Bmwait
e--Em70---Dm70---C0-------Em0----D/F#0----G/C3-------Am0---Bm2---------|
B--0---0---0-------0----3----3-------1---3---------|
G--7---5---5-------0----2----0-------2---4---------|
D--5---3---5-------2----0----0-------2---4---------|
A--7---5---3-------2----0----3-------0---2---------|
E------------------0----2--------------------------|

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Great Expectations

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Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Dm7

D/F#

G/C

Great Expectations - Elbow

Em7

And if it rains all day

Dm7

Call on you I'll call on you

Like I used to

Em7

Slide down beside and wrap you in stories

Dm7

Tailored entirely for you

I'll remind you

Em7

We exchanged a vow

Dm C Em Dm Em D/F# G/C

I love you I always will

D Em G/C D Em

A call girl with yesterday eyes was our witness and priest

G/C D

Stockport supporters club kindly supplied us a choir

Em G/C

Your vow was your smile

As we move down the isle

D Em Am

Of the last bus home

And this is where I’ll go

Em Dm C

Just when it rains

Blinking and stoned

Rain in your hair

Dm C

You only smoke ‘cause it's something to share

Singing bring on the night

To have and to hold

Dm Em D/F# G/C

The sodium light turning silver to gold

D Em G/C

Spitfire thin and strung like a violin

D Em

I was

G/C

Yours was the face with a grace

D Em

From a different age

G/C

You were the sun in my Sunday morning

D Em G/C

You were the sun in my Sunday morning

Telling me never to go

Em G/C

So I'll live on the smile

And move down the isle

D Em Am

Of the last bus home

And if you're running late

This is where I'll go

Know I'll always wait

Em7 Dm7 C Em D/F# G/C Am Bm

e--0---0---0-------0----0----3-------0---2---------|

B--0---0---0-------0----3----3-------1---3---------|

G--7---5---5-------0----2----0-------2---4---------|

D--5---3---5-------2----0----0-------2---4---------|

A--7---5---3-------2----0----3-------0---2---------|

E------------------0----2--------------------------|

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